https://heritagesask.ca/news/haunted-history This is the fifth and final in our 2025 Haunted Heritage blog series. See all the entries in the series here. What happens to the ghosts in a ghost town? Or to the spirits of a heritage building that is demolished, or burns down? This past winter, the hotel in my hometown burned to the ground, releasing many ghosts into the community and bringing up some for me personally. For six years, I... https://heritagesask.ca/news/st-antoine-de-padoue This is the fourth in our 2025 Haunted Heritage blog series. See all the entries in the series here. When you arrive at Batoche, Saskatchewan, the South Saskatchewan River gently winds through the prairie, carrying centuries of stories. At its core stand the St. Antoine de Padoue Church and Rectory, witnesses to daily community life and the violence of 1885. For Métis people, these are... https://heritagesask.ca/news/the-ghost-of-memory This is the third in our 2025 Haunted Heritage blog series. See all the entries in the series here. When I first started my research into Saskatchewans heritage places and sites I expected them to feel unfamiliar. I was, after all, far from the landscape I grew up in. Yet, to my surprise, the much-anticipated strangeness felt more like a peculiar sense of calm. These spaces – old theatres,... https://heritagesask.ca/news/our-heritage-lives This is the second in our 2025 Haunted Heritage blog series. See all the entries in the series here. Many of us who call Saskatchewan home have heard of or even experienced some of its many haunted spaces. For example, having worked at Government House for several years in university, I got comfortable speaking to the spirits that are said to haunt the 1891 Victorian home. Though I never saw one,... https://heritagesask.ca/news/haunted-heritage This is the first in our 2025 Haunted Heritage blog series. See all the entries in the series here. If you’re looking for a spooky story to read leading up to Halloween, M.R. James is one of the best ghost story writers out there. ‘A View from the Hill’, published in 1925, has stuck with me more so than other of James’ stories. Perhaps this is in part because I recognize... https://heritagesask.ca/news/sharing-our-summer This summer, Heritage Saskatchewan and the Museums Association of Saskatchewan have partnered with local startup MemoryKPR to host the Keys to Cultural Heritage initiative. Using this link, anyone can upload photos and be entered into a draw for prizes. The Keys to Cultural Heritage is about promoting and celebrating Saskatchewan: our land, our communities, our gatherings, and our... https://heritagesask.ca/news/reestablishing-lost-connections Saskatchewan’s native prairie grasslands are an anthropogenic landscape: a product of thousands of years of human interaction with the environment. The native plant and animal species of the grasslands hold great cultural importance to Indigenous communities. The introduction of invasive species, dwindling numbers of native plant and animal species, and the disruption of Indigenous land... https://heritagesask.ca/news/award-sponsor-profile-2025 As our Awards approach we want to highlight one of our sponsors! This year Wilhelm Masonry has generously supported the 2025 Lieutenant Governor’s Heritage Awards, which celebrates the rich diversity of heritage across Saskatchewan. While they are based out of Estevan, Wilhelm Masonry works across the province, most recently working on a full restoration of the masonry at Government House;... https://heritagesask.ca/news/sharing-curiosity There are few things more satisfying to an educator than watching students find something that they can pour all their excitement and passion into. You can see their faces light up when they’re given the chance to talk about something that inspires them, and that excitement can be infectious for delighted family members and teachers who serve as their audience. Over the last couple of weeks... https://heritagesask.ca/news/our-shared-heritage In this election, we have heard many discussions about Canadian identity, which is a subject we are well-acquainted with at Heritage Saskatchewan. Heritage is not only a part of these conversations – it is the foundation of the conversation itself: identity is made by our culture and heritage. Canadians have a long heritage of resilience in the face of adversity. Our heritage is something...